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Aug. 21st, 2022 09:44 pmI had a plan to talk about side drama but honestly I'm not ready for class tomorrow so I need to get back to that but I wanted to get you the links especially the open calls as there are a few I think sound great.
But let me share this funny story from today
At 2 pm yesterday I brought home a watermelon and left it on the floor in the canvas grocery bag because I wasn't cutting it until I finished other fruit. Rocket saw it, ate next to it and was fine.
This morning he was fine. He ate and ignored the watermelon bag. He came to sleep on the couch and at noon he was suddenly in stalk mode, pointing right at the bag. I'm like dude it's a watermelon, same one as yesterday, same as this morning. He was having none of it. Thinking maybe a mouse got in I went to the bag and terrified Rocket.
Thinking cats be weird I left him to it. Came back 10 minutes later he's still ruff up staring at the watermelon bag so I unbag the watermelon. He screamed like it was going to kill him. He stood in the kitchen refusing to eat and growling at a watermelon....
He settled it by being as close to me as he can be, hiding from the watermelon and crying non stop about it.
I had to move the watermelon in order to get Rocket back in the kitchen and I knew he was hungry because I had gotten busy and forgot dinner time.
OPEN CALLS
Short Story Anthology Calls Dragon Soul Press. They do A LOT of anthologies and several sound good but their pay info isn't easy to find and they did not inform me I wasn't selected. I just saw the book I submitted for had published. sigh
35 Themed Submissions Calls for August 2022 Did I post this one before?
The Alchemy Press Book of the Unknown (Early Listing) This one did sound interesting
Dark Recesses Winter 2022 Issue upside - good pay downside - not a lot of info on what they want
Manor of Frights I LOVE the idea of this one enough that I'm trying even though the pay is low.
Lucky Stars another shared world that I wish I knew more about
Level 1 2022 Fantasy Anthology
Tiny Tales 2022 Submission Window flash fic now if only I hear back on the only small thing I have right now
Bullet Points Blog military spec fic
2022 Weird Christmas Fifth Annual Flash Fiction Contest 350 words is the upper limit
Into Chaos great pay. I need to try this one
From Around the Web
Convention-al Wisdom: Why I Love Attending Cons as a Writer
Story Development for Pantsers
An Alternative to Traditional Time Management for Writers
Transparency in Slush: The Wizard Behind the Curtain
ISBN FAQ: What’s An ISBN And Why Do You Need One?
Don’t Forget Your Book’s Back Cover
The Power Of A Strong Book Cover Blurb Personally this is what makes me buy a book. A cover might make me look but if the blurb is dull or too short/long I'm gone.
Your Publishing Timeline For Holiday Book Sales.
The Fine Art Of Bad Writing
Damn, That’s Good: Pseudo-Profanity as SFF Worldbuilding
The Ghost of Workshops Past: How Communism, Conservatism, and the Cold War Still Mold Our Paths Into SFF Writing I'll be honest I have SUCH a bad taste in my mouth from Clarion it's not funny. Not that I ever tried but I had over the years more than one writers group who had a member who had and they were to the last man (and they were all men) obnoxious about it and freely told me I'd never measure up
Scaring Children for a Living: Writing Horror for Middle Grade and Young Adult
Ken MacGregor’s Unsolicited Advice on Doing Shows
Setting Self Doubt on Fire: Improve Your Skills with the ProWritingAid Writers’ Weeklong Online Summits
From Betty
How to Write Emotional Scenes (Without Making Them Cringey)
Cheat Sheet to Writing a Book
5 Creative Ways to Use Snapchat for Writers
What It Takes to be An Author in The 21st Century
Identifying Problems with Your Author Business
Using Motifs in a Powerful Way in Your Fiction
Conquering the Blank Page
Everyone’s Got Rules
HOW TO CREATE AMAZON ADS TO BECOME AN AMAZON BESTSELLER
Book Brush vs Canva: Which Design Tool is Better for Authors?
Embracing Messy & Inconsistent Journaling
How To Write A Novel From Scenes: Writing Great Scenes
Five Stories With Well-Written Families
Six Consequences of Poorly Thought-Out Magic Systems (The last two seasons of Buffy definitely belong here. holy crap they were awful)
The Last Jedi and the Power of Failure I accept their hypothesis but reject their findings because these movies did. not. work. at. all. for me
Ten Reasons Characters Might Stop Communicating This is an iffy one for me. Speaking of Buffyverse, they employed this way too often and I got annoyed by it
Small Focus. Big Creativity.
Use a Character’s Career to Support Your Story’s Theme
Don’t outsource your agent search I didn't even know you COULD do this
But let me share this funny story from today
At 2 pm yesterday I brought home a watermelon and left it on the floor in the canvas grocery bag because I wasn't cutting it until I finished other fruit. Rocket saw it, ate next to it and was fine.
This morning he was fine. He ate and ignored the watermelon bag. He came to sleep on the couch and at noon he was suddenly in stalk mode, pointing right at the bag. I'm like dude it's a watermelon, same one as yesterday, same as this morning. He was having none of it. Thinking maybe a mouse got in I went to the bag and terrified Rocket.
Thinking cats be weird I left him to it. Came back 10 minutes later he's still ruff up staring at the watermelon bag so I unbag the watermelon. He screamed like it was going to kill him. He stood in the kitchen refusing to eat and growling at a watermelon....
He settled it by being as close to me as he can be, hiding from the watermelon and crying non stop about it.
I had to move the watermelon in order to get Rocket back in the kitchen and I knew he was hungry because I had gotten busy and forgot dinner time.
OPEN CALLS
Short Story Anthology Calls Dragon Soul Press. They do A LOT of anthologies and several sound good but their pay info isn't easy to find and they did not inform me I wasn't selected. I just saw the book I submitted for had published. sigh
35 Themed Submissions Calls for August 2022 Did I post this one before?
The Alchemy Press Book of the Unknown (Early Listing) This one did sound interesting
Dark Recesses Winter 2022 Issue upside - good pay downside - not a lot of info on what they want
Manor of Frights I LOVE the idea of this one enough that I'm trying even though the pay is low.
Lucky Stars another shared world that I wish I knew more about
Level 1 2022 Fantasy Anthology
Tiny Tales 2022 Submission Window flash fic now if only I hear back on the only small thing I have right now
Bullet Points Blog military spec fic
2022 Weird Christmas Fifth Annual Flash Fiction Contest 350 words is the upper limit
Into Chaos great pay. I need to try this one
From Around the Web
Convention-al Wisdom: Why I Love Attending Cons as a Writer
Story Development for Pantsers
An Alternative to Traditional Time Management for Writers
Transparency in Slush: The Wizard Behind the Curtain
ISBN FAQ: What’s An ISBN And Why Do You Need One?
Don’t Forget Your Book’s Back Cover
The Power Of A Strong Book Cover Blurb Personally this is what makes me buy a book. A cover might make me look but if the blurb is dull or too short/long I'm gone.
Your Publishing Timeline For Holiday Book Sales.
The Fine Art Of Bad Writing
Damn, That’s Good: Pseudo-Profanity as SFF Worldbuilding
The Ghost of Workshops Past: How Communism, Conservatism, and the Cold War Still Mold Our Paths Into SFF Writing I'll be honest I have SUCH a bad taste in my mouth from Clarion it's not funny. Not that I ever tried but I had over the years more than one writers group who had a member who had and they were to the last man (and they were all men) obnoxious about it and freely told me I'd never measure up
Scaring Children for a Living: Writing Horror for Middle Grade and Young Adult
Ken MacGregor’s Unsolicited Advice on Doing Shows
Setting Self Doubt on Fire: Improve Your Skills with the ProWritingAid Writers’ Weeklong Online Summits
From Betty
How to Write Emotional Scenes (Without Making Them Cringey)
Cheat Sheet to Writing a Book
5 Creative Ways to Use Snapchat for Writers
What It Takes to be An Author in The 21st Century
Identifying Problems with Your Author Business
Using Motifs in a Powerful Way in Your Fiction
Conquering the Blank Page
Everyone’s Got Rules
HOW TO CREATE AMAZON ADS TO BECOME AN AMAZON BESTSELLER
Book Brush vs Canva: Which Design Tool is Better for Authors?
Embracing Messy & Inconsistent Journaling
How To Write A Novel From Scenes: Writing Great Scenes
Five Stories With Well-Written Families
Six Consequences of Poorly Thought-Out Magic Systems (The last two seasons of Buffy definitely belong here. holy crap they were awful)
The Last Jedi and the Power of Failure I accept their hypothesis but reject their findings because these movies did. not. work. at. all. for me
Ten Reasons Characters Might Stop Communicating This is an iffy one for me. Speaking of Buffyverse, they employed this way too often and I got annoyed by it
Small Focus. Big Creativity.
Use a Character’s Career to Support Your Story’s Theme
Don’t outsource your agent search I didn't even know you COULD do this
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